Most local anesthetics act by abolishing voltage gated sodium channel currents indiscriminately in all populations of neurons. Selective analgesia through TRPV1-mediated entry of a cationic lidocaine derivative, QX314, was recently reported. CAY10568 is a physically smaller, less hydrophobic version of QX314...

Casein kinase 2 (CK2) is a serine/threonine-selective protein kinase involved in many signal transduction pathways. CK2 is known to negatively regulate apoptosis and its activity is increased in many proliferating tissues and tumors, which lends promise as an anti-cancer drug target. CAY10577 inhibits CK2 with an...

Phytomonic acid is a saturated fatty acid found mainly in a gram-negative bacteria, L. arabinosus, but also in protozoa and in the seed oil of B. coccineus (Connaraceae). Its cyclopropane ring structure has some properties of a double bond, and it may serve to regulate cell membrane fluidity.Formal Name:...

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is, like nitric oxide, an important gaseous mediator that has significant effects on the immunological, neurological, cardiovascular and pulmonary systems of mammals. Sodium hydrogen sulfide is an H2S donor commonly used in cellular and whole animal experimental systems. For example, it has...